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Wallpaper Identity v4.0.2

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@amcchord amcchord released this 19 Jul 15:06
v4.0.2
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Wallpaper Identity v4.0.2

Windows 11 Pro can keep showing a previous verified lock-screen bitmap even after boot generates a current image and Personalization CSP reports status 1. v4.0.2 closes that gap without editing Windows' protected cache or terminating LogonUI.exe.

Highlights

  • Waits for the existing boot-settled render so DHCP has time to replace an address retained from the previous network.
  • After Windows accepts that exact image, calls the documented WTSDisconnectSession operation only for an empty physical-console login session.
  • Requires every WTS session to have no authenticated user, the console to be connected, exactly one LogonUI and winlogon, no Explorer, and an unchanged session after a 500 ms race check.
  • Writes a stable Win32_OperatingSystem.LastBootUpTime fence before the operation, preventing service restarts, repairs, upgrades, or crashes from rotating the console twice in one boot.
  • Adds refresh_login_screen_on_boot: true to config.yml; power users can opt out and retain Windows' original cache behavior.
  • Records attempted, refreshed, session, and skip details in status.json, with the durable once-per-boot outcome in pre-login-refresh.json.

Windows 11 Pro validation

The final v4.0.2 binary was installed in the activated Windows 11 Pro 25H2 VirtualBox guest. Its adapter changed from 10.77.0.3 to 10.0.2.15 while powered off. The old address was still visible 30 seconds after power-on. W:ID's boot-settled render captured 10.0.2.15, verified CSP status 1, requested the empty-console refresh, and Windows recreated session 1 as session 2. By 55 seconds the actual pre-login screen showed 10.0.2.15 and the matching generation time.

The screenshot attached to this release and embedded in the README is that real post-transition frame. A same-boot headless repair was also verified to skip the rotation, while a CSP status 2 test failed closed without touching the session.

Windows 11 Pro pre-login screen after the powered-off IP change

Wallpaper Identity graphical installer

Upgrade

Run the graphical setup again, or use the blocking RMM path:

& .\WallpaperIdentityCLI.exe upgrade --json

Existing config.yml, generated images, logs, and rollback records are preserved. Existing configurations that do not contain the new key receive the guarded true default; set refresh_login_screen_on_boot: false to opt out.

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